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Chest Tube Insertion For Drainage

Arizona rates for HCPCS 32551

Places a tube through the chest wall into the space around the lung to drain air, blood, pus or other fluid. The tube is put in through a small open incision and connected to a collection and suction system that keeps the space empty while it heals. It is used for a collapsed lung or a build-up of fluid pressing on the lung.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Chest Tube Insertion For Drainage cost?

$2,455

Typical facility fee. In Arizona, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,455 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $1,514 to $4,677.

These are rates insurers have negotiated with providers, not the amount a patient is billed. What you owe depends on your plan's deductible and coinsurance. Based on rates published by 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,455 · 10th to 90th $708 to $6,457
$100.0$500.0$2.0K$10.0Kfacility $2,455

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$6,760.83
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$794.33
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$3,388.44
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$23,442.29
Median
$23,442.29
Typical High
$23,442.29
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$2,818.38
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$3,235.94

Where Arizona sits

The same service costs 40.7 times more in Indiana than in Delaware. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Pick one to see its carriers and full range.

Arizona $2,455 · 22nd of 51
IN $6,166DE $151

Median negotiated rate in each state, from every insurer that publishes one. States where no insurer publishes a rate for this service are not shown.